background radiation equivalent time

noun

A unit of measurement of ionizing radiation dosage amounting to one day worth of average human exposure to background radiation.

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Meanings

nounbackground radiation equivalent time (countable and uncountable, plural background radiation equivalent times)

plural background radiation equivalent times

  1. countableuncountablenatural sciencesA unit of measurement of ionizing radiation dosage amounting to one day worth of average human exposure to background radiation.
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